Tubular waistband.



A. E'. ALLUM. TUBULAB WAxsTBAnD. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 9, 1910.

1,077,250. Patented NWA, 1913A ARTHUR E. ALLUM, on :anw Y'oiti, it.

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Patented Nov. d, 19513.

Application led December 9, 1910. Serial No. 596,472. y

in waist bands for garments, the object bey ing to form the waist band ot a pair of trousers in such a manner as to accommodate a belt without exposingthe same.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be madewithin the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the in` vention. i,

In the drawings: Fi sure l is a view of the garment with the wais band attached, Fig.

2 a' view of the waist band removed, Fig. 3

a -sectional view, the belt being positioned within the band, and Fig a similar View with the belt remoyed.

'.lhe band or tunnel consists of the por'- tion l0, which is formed of the same material as the garment, said material being folded on the line A, the folded portion 11 havingsecured thereto, a lining ,12, said lining and said material being adapted to embrace a strip of canvas 14 which is doubled or t'olded centrally and longitudinally so that the free ends or edges of the strip so folded lie at' the bottom or lower edge of the band or tunnel. The folded ,end portion l1 of the material extends over the uppcr longitudinal edge of the canvas, while the lining 12iis also folded at its upper edge, the lining/the canvas and the adjacent'. fold` ed edgtpof the facing material being secured toget/lnr by a single row of stitching 14', the/three pieces of material forming the tubular opening l5 after the band has been /stitchcd along the line 16 to the garment, by a single row ot stitching thus forming a housing for a belt 17, this belt may be of the usual construction, or the same may be of cloth, and secured within the o ening at the rear thereof, the ordinary tightening means being employed. i

By constructing and arran 'ng the iva-` rious portions of the belt hol er or, waistband as hereindescribed, I am enabled to obtain certainv important advantages. @ne

is that buttons such as are commonly sewn upon the inner face of the waistbands of trousersy designed especially for summer wear may be readily attached to the lining either by stitching or by eyelets, without breaking the continuity of the canvas tube, and therefore the tube will always resent a smooth interior surface along which the f belt may readily slide. Another advantage is that the waistband itself while possessin a proper degree of fiexibility is so stiene when the belt yis placed therein that the trousers will be properly draped upon the person thereby obtaining a neat appearance. Another advantage is that the interior canvas tube forms the wearing surface of the belt and protects the outside facing and the lining from wear` caused by the rubbing of the belt as it works in the tube under the movement of the person. This last is an important feature inasmuch as the waistband will greatly ontlast an ordinaryT waistband formed of the thickness of material of the garment itself.

t will be seen from the foregoing that a band constructed in this manner will effectually coneeal'the supporting member, and at the same time forni a neat device.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a pair of trousers, of a tubular waistbandthereor comprising an inner Stift'enin and protecting section termed from a strip of material folded longitudinally medially, an outer facing strip of material having its upper edge portion folded over to-overlapthe fold in the first mentioned strip and having its lower edge portion folded to engage the edges of the first mentioned strip, and a -lining strip having its upper edge portion united by a line of cof stitching to the folded over upper edge of ljy-in bodily above the said waist lino of the facing strip and having its ,lower edge 'ho garment. l0 portion united by a lino of stifohing with ln testimony wiwi-ooi? affix my signature, the folded over lower edge portion of the in the presence of two Witnesses.

facing strip and tho lower edges of the irst ARTHUR E. ALLUM, mentioned folded strip, die band boing Witnesses: united at its lower edge portion to the gnvr- S. (j. GREENBAUM,

ment at the Waist line of the latter and FRED L. STERN. 

